PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jambe De Bois (ranked 387 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mister Tea (ranked 196 p4p, 0 weight class). Mister Tea will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

De Bois
vs
Tea

186 cm
27
205 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

185 cm
27
225 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jambe De Bois!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mister Tea!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Bois throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tea's waist but Tea gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing De Bois off to one side.
De Bois defending well as Tea loads up on a big left hand.
Tea ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Bois cracks Tea with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De Bois takes a swing at Tea's ribcage but misses.
De Bois seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

De Bois scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
De Bois throwing shots but Tea is blocking nicely.
De Bois missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
De Bois passes into side control, despite Tea's attempt to control the position.
De Bois tries to score with some ground and pound. Tea controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sloppy strikes there by De Bois.
De Bois scores with a couple of short elbows.
Tea managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by De Bois.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tea is looking for a sweep.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tea keeps De Bois under control for a moment.
Tea is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Bois in side control lands a decent elbow.
De Bois scores with punches from side control.
Tea looking for a sweep but De Bois has passed into full mount! Oh no!
De Bois scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tea?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tea can do anything to dispel that myth.
De Bois lands a big shot there that rocks Tea but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tea is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
De Bois in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tea tries to hold on but De Bois pushes him away.
De Bois raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tea tries to reverse the position but De Bois maintains control.
De Bois with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Bois raining down shots from the mount!
De Bois lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Tea is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tea is trying desperately to improve position.
De Bois can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tea is looking to escape.
De Bois lands a big shot there that rocks Tea but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tea is working to get back to half guard.
De Bois landing strikes from the mount and Tea is in trouble!
Tea tries to reverse the position but De Bois maintains control.
Tea is bucking up trying to escape but De Bois cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tea can't escape the position.
De Bois scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tea?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tea is wriggling around trying to escape.
De Bois has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tea's face.
Tea is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
De Bois looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tea is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tea might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control De Bois haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
De Bois looking to control but Tea is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tea is bucking up trying to escape but De Bois cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
De Bois lands a big elbow.
De Bois wants to control the pace but Tea is squirming around nicely.
De Bois has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
De Bois punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tea slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Bois winds up and cracks Tea with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Bois working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tea is looking for a sweep. De Bois is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
De Bois lands strikes from half guard.
Tea is trying is best to control the position here.
Tea taking some punishment here, with De Bois in his half guard.
Tea is looking to control De Bois's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tea avoid being mounted?
Tea tries to get to full guard but De Bois has control of the leg.
Tea keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
De Bois looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
De Bois is nestled in close to Tea, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
De Bois seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tea does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
De Bois is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Bois scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tea blocking the ground and pound attempt from De Bois.
De Bois lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jambe De Bois dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tea looks to throw the jab but De Bois is out of range.
De Bois misses with a wild body shot.
De Bois slips a straight right by Tea.
Tea throws a hook but De Bois avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Tea.
Tea tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Bois paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tea missing with a left hand there. De Bois was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Bois throws a jab but it's blocked by Tea.
Tea throws an overhand right that lands on De Bois's shoulder, as De Bois tries to avoid the shot.
De Bois shoots in and drives through. Tea sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tea tries a low kick but De Bois avoids it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from De Bois is defended easily by Tea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Bois connects with a jab.
Tea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Bois sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Bois keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tea.
Tea takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tea lands with a straight right. De Bois didn't see that one coming.
Tea throws a right hand that De Bois ducks under and follows up with a left that De Bois also avoids with ease.
De Bois throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Tea counters by clinching up.
De Bois is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tea pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jambe De Bois. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tea with an attempt at a knee that misses.

De Bois has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Tea regains guard immediately.
De Bois keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tea's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tea wants to stand but De Bois is controlling the position.
De Bois trying to control but Tea is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tea looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but De Bois puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Tea trying to control but De Bois postures up.
Nice strikes from De Bois there.
De Bois lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
De Bois landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jambe De Bois overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
De Bois thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tea's head.
De Bois is thwarting Tea's attempts to control the position.
De Bois missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
De Bois landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
De Bois thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
De Bois winds up and cracks Tea with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tea taking some punishment here, with De Bois in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tea makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tea.
De Bois is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as De Bois accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
De Bois keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tea's head.
Tea wants to improve his position but instead De Bois has moved into half guard.
Tea has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. De Bois is working away from the top position though.
Tea wants to improve his position but De Bois is controlling well.
De Bois is trying to control the action in half guard but Tea is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
De Bois passes into side control, despite Tea's attempt to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from De Bois are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
De Bois lands a few punches from side control.
Tea on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
De Bois lands an elbow.

Tea is rocked!
De Bois cracks Tea with a big elbow.
Tea is still in real trouble! Can De Bois finish him?
Tea is trying to control De Bois's posture but De Bois avoids it.
Tea manages to work his way to half guard, despite De Bois's best efforts.
Tea seems to have recovered his senses.
Tea is looking for a sweep. De Bois is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
De Bois looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
De Bois thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
De Bois trying to control the action but Tea is working from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. De Bois connects with a nice short shot to Tea's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jambe De Bois dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

De Bois tests Tea's chin there with a solid looking shot.
De Bois scores with a hook.

De Bois shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than De Bois was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tea avoids any damage from the ground and pound of De Bois.
Tea is working to avoid the ground and pound but De Bois connects with a decent elbow.
Tea is looking for a sweep.
Tea managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by De Bois.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tea looking for a sweep but De Bois has passed into full mount! Oh no!
De Bois avoids the attempt from Tea to control.
Tea taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Bois working the ground and pound effectively.
De Bois softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Tea is out cold! De Bois jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jambe De Bois!
Jambe De Bois decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.